1926

June 8
Farewell performance at Covent Garden with the second act of Romeo et Juliette. (Thompson/ McPherson, Melba: Important Dates p14)

June 25
Melba’s official farewell London concert at the Royal Albert Hall. (Thompson/ McPherson, Melba: Important Dates p14.)

December 7
Farewell performance at Old Vic to help raise funds for building Sadler Wells and made her last records. (Thompson/ McPherson, Melba: Important Dates p14.)

1927

March 2
Home Coming Concert, the first concert of the Farewell tour at the Auditorium, Melbourne. (Thompson/ McPherson, Melba: Important Dates p14.)

May 9
Melba sang the national anthem ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ at the opening of the new Parliament House, Canberra. (Thompson/ McPherson, Melba: Important Dates p14.)

June 2
Melba received the Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (G.B.E.) as did Princess Mary, later Queen Mary. (Thompson/ McPherson, Melba: Important Dates p14.)

1928

May 12
Launch of the third and final Williamson-Melba Opera Season in Australia. (Thompson/ McPherson, Melba: Important Dates p14.)

August 7
Final Farewell performances in Sydney. (Thompson/ McPherson, Melba: Important Dates p15.)

August 22
Created Life Governor of the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital. (Thompson/ McPherson, Melba: Important Dates p15.)

September 27
Final Farewell concert in Melbourne in La Boheme. This was Melba’s last operatic appearance. (Thompson/ McPherson, Melba: Important Dates p15.)

1929

October 5
Melba’s last public performance in England was a charity concert at the Hippodrome, Brighton. (Thompson/ McPherson, Melba: Important Dates p15.)

1930

November 10
Melba arrived back in Australia and spent Christmas at Coombe Cottage. (Thompson/ McPherson, Melba: Important Dates p15.)

1931

February 23
Dame Nellie Melba died at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. (Thompson/ McPherson, Melba: Important Dates p15.) February 26
Melba’s funeral service held at Scots Church, Melbourne before her interment at Lilydale Cemetery. (Thompson/ McPherson, Melba: Important Dates p15.)